Good governanceBank and Fund analysis and conditionality on "building efficient and accountable public sector institutions", including issues relating to the Bank's own frameworks for promoting good governance and reducing corruption. Includes: Corruption and anti-corruption, transparency and accountability, human rights, governance and conditionality, national-level coherence between ministries, country policy and institutional assessments (CPIA), decentralisation, legal reform, regulation/deregulation read more... Informe¿A quién se le facilita la energía? Influencia de las políticas de las IFIs en el sector energético de NigeriaA pesar del discurso en sentido contrario, la cartera del Banco Mundial en materia de energía no logra aun obtener frutos del beneficio doble que otorgarían las energías renovables en cuanto a atender tanto la pobreza energética como el cambio climático. Las políticas económicas de Nigeria configuradas por el Banco Mundial y el FMI han conducido hasta ahora a un proceso disfuncional de privatización de la electricidad - con una fuerte y hasta ahora infructuosa dependencia de la reforma del sector del gas, y el fracaso en lograr cualquier avance considerable en materia de pobreza energética y energía renovable. read article... Facilitating whose power? WB and IMF policy influence in Nigeria's energy sectorDespite rhetoric to the contrary, the World Bank's energy portfolio still fails to reap the double dividend of renewable energy technologies that would tackle both energy poverty and climate change. Nigerian economic policies shaped by World Bank and IMF recommendations, policy agreements and conditionality have so far lead to a dysfunctional electricity privatisation process, a heavy and as yet unfulfilled reliance on reform of the gas sector, and the failure to make any widespread practical progress on pro-poor, decentralised renewable energy read article... Programme conditions, project safeguards: Quo vadis World Bank?This briefing clarifies the landscape of programme conditions and project safeguards and what it implies for a move towards responsible lending standards. read article... 121 artículos¿A quién se le facilita la energía? Influencia de las políticas de las IFIs en el sector energético de NigeriaA pesar del discurso en sentido contrario, la cartera del Banco Mundial en materia de energía no logra aun obtener frutos del beneficio doble que otorgarían las energías renovables en cuanto a atender tanto la pobreza energética como el cambio climático. Las políticas económicas de Nigeria configuradas por el Banco Mundial y el FMI han conducido hasta ahora a un proceso disfuncional de privatización de la electricidad - con una fuerte y hasta ahora infructuosa dependencia de la reforma del sector del gas, y el fracaso en lograr cualquier avance considerable en materia de pobreza energética y energía renovable. read article... World Bank-IMF spring meetings 2008At this year's spring meetings, the World Bank faced increasing opposition to its plans to tackle climate change, while the IMF was forced to admit that the lack of democracy in its governance is probably why it missed the boat on the credit crisis. read article... Towards a World Bank Group Strategic Framework on Climate Change and DevelopmentTowards a World Bank Group Strategic Framework on Climate Change and Development read article... El Banco Mundial y el Aprovisionamiento: ¿Herramienta para el desarrolloUn nuevo estudio sobre la reforma del sistema de aprovisionamiento indica que el limitado enfoque que tiene el Banco Mundial respecto al uso económico del dinero, puede estar socavando la habilidad de los gobiernos para utilizar sus sistemas de aprovisionamiento como una herramienta del desarrollo. read article... El Banco impotente ante los abusos en ChadEl Presidente de Chad, Idriss Déby, utilizó el intento del fracasado golpe de estado de febrero del 2008, para caer sobre los críticos del oleoducto Chad-Camerún apoyado por el Banco. read article... El FMI reprende a Tayikistán por información falsaTayikistán se ha metido en un buen lío con el FMI por su mala presentación de informes mientras el país recibía préstamos de la institución. read article... Facilitating whose power? WB and IMF policy influence in Nigeria's energy sectorDespite rhetoric to the contrary, the World Bank's energy portfolio still fails to reap the double dividend of renewable energy technologies that would tackle both energy poverty and climate change. Nigerian economic policies shaped by World Bank and IMF recommendations, policy agreements and conditionality have so far lead to a dysfunctional electricity privatisation process, a heavy and as yet unfulfilled reliance on reform of the gas sector, and the failure to make any widespread practical progress on pro-poor, decentralised renewable energy read article... World Bank powerless to end Chad abusesChadian president Idriss Déby has used February's failed coup attempt to clamp down on critics of the Bank-supported Chad-Cameroon pipeline. read article... |
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